US 12,217,794 B2
Managing the programming of an open translation unit
Murong Lang, San Jose, CA (US); Zhenming Zhou, San Jose, CA (US); Jian Huang, Union City, CA (US); Tingjun Xie, Milpitas, CA (US); Jiangli Zhu, San Jose, CA (US); Nagendra Prasad Ganesh Rao, Folsom, CA (US); and Sead Zildzic, Folsom, CA (US)
Assigned to Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US)
Filed by Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US)
Filed on Jan. 29, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/425,619.
Application 18/425,619 is a continuation of application No. 17/580,178, filed on Jan. 20, 2022, granted, now 11,923,001.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/293,233, filed on Dec. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0170057 A1, May 23, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G11C 11/56 (2006.01)
CPC G11C 11/5628 (2013.01) [G11C 11/5671 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising: a memory device; and
a processing device, operatively coupled with the memory device, to perform operations comprising:
determining a difference between a recorded time stamp for a first set of memory cells comprised by an open translation unit (TU) of memory cells and a current time stamp for the open TU, wherein the first set of memory cells comprises a most recently programmed set of memory cells;
determining, based on a current temperature for the open TU and the difference between the recorded time stamp and the current time stamp, that a second set of memory cells comprised by the open TU is in a coarse programming state; and
performing, using a reduced programming state verify level and a reduced programming state gate step size associated with the second set of memory cells, a programming operation on the second set of memory cells.